Non-refillable bottle.



N0. 654,36l. Patented July 24, I900;

T. P. SCHOTT. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application filed Sept. 11, 1899.)

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'rnuononn P. SOHOTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NON-REF!hLA-BLEBOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,361, dated July 24,1900. Application filed September 11, 1899- Serial NO- 730,075; (Nomodel.

To all whom, 66 may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE P. ScHor T, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a speci; fication.

My invention relates to that class of nonrefillable bottles in which aball-valve is used for controlling the passage of liquids through thebottle-neck.

The main objects of my invention are to provide a bottle of this classin which all of the parts may be readily constructed of glass and toprovide an improved construction for preventing tampering with thevalve. I accomplish these objects by the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a bottleconstructed according to my invention, with the upper parts shown inVertical section. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is ahorizontal section on the line 4 40f Fig. 1.

The bottle-body 5 is provided with a main neck 6, having a concave seat8 for the ballvalve 9 and provided with ports 7 in its sides. Above theports the neck is of larger internal diameter, sufficient to allow theball 9 to move therein, and constitutesa supplemental neck 6. The ball 9is made hollow. Outer shoulders 10 are provided at the base of the mainbottle-neck. The extension or barrel 11 is made to fit snugly around thebottle-neck and upon said shoulders 10 and has a chamber 12 thereincommunicating with the ports 7. A de pending outlet-neck 13 is providedin the upper central part of said chamber. Said neck is provided at itslower end with a concave seat let for receiving the ball 9 and islocated sufficiently close to the supplemental neck to preventdisplacement of the ball therefrom. The port 15 through said neckcommunicates with a port 16 on each side. The ports 16 open into themouth 17 of said barrel. A horizontal wall 18 extends across the barrel11 above the port 15. The lower walls 19 of the ports 16 curve upwardlyslightly toward the port 15 or upper end of the neck 13.

All of the parts are preferably made of glass, and the barrel 11 iscemented upon the neck 6 and shoulders 10. This is done after the bottlehas been filled with the desired liquid "and the ball 9 has been seated,as shown by the full lines in Fig. 1.

The operation of the device is as follows: When the bottle is tilted forpouring out the liquid, the pressure of the liquid under the ball 9 willtend to force same toward the position indicated by the dotted line inFig. 1. As soon as the ball has left its seat 8 the liquid will rushthrough the ports 7 into the chamber 12 and prevent the ball 9 frombecoming seated against the seat 14. This is due to'the buoyancy of saidball. The liquid Will then pass through the ports 15 and 16 and out atthe mouth 17. While the liquid is thus passing out, the ball 9 will befree from both of its seats 8 and 14.. When the bottle is again turnedto'an upright position, the ball 9 will be returned to its seat 8.Whilein this position, it will be seen that no liquid can be injectedinto the bottle.

The curved Wall 19 is intended to increase the difficulty of inserting awire through the ports 16 and 15 in an eifort to get same under theball. The clearance between the ball and the neck 6' is very slight andnot sufficient to permit the insertion of a wire between said ball andneck. In order to get a wire under said ball, it would therefore benecessary to pass same through the ports 16 and 15 into the chamber 12,and thence through the port 7 and under the ball 9 when said ball is inthe inverted position. This,it will be seen,would be an extremelydifficult, if not an impossible, task.

If an effort were made to inject liquid into the bottle by securing atube over its mouth and inverting the bottle, the ball 9 would throughthe pressure of the liquid be forced against its seat 8.

It will be understood that the minor details of construction of mydevice, such as form of ports, &c., may be altered in numerous wayswithout departing from the spirit of my invention. I therefore do notconfine myself to such details, except as hereinafter limited in theclaims.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-'- 1. A non-refillable bottle comprising a body having a main neck, asupplemental neck rising from the main neck and having dischargeports inits side walls, and the valve-seat in the main neck below saiddischarge-ports; the separately-formed barrel sealed to the base of themain neck, extending around and over the supplemental neck, leaving achamber or space around and over said neck, and having depending neckabove and free from the supplemental neck, and provided with adischarge-port of less diameter thanthe diameter of said supplementalneck; said barrel having a Wall above and free from the depending neck,and of greater diameter than said discharge-port; and the hollow ballmovable in said supplemental neck; all arranged so that liquid passingfrom the body of the bottle through the discharge-ports, will supportsaid ball between and free from the seat and the depending neck,substantially as described.

2. A non-refillable bottle comprising a body having a main neck providedwith a valveseat, a ball-valve on said seat, a supplemental neck risingfrom the main neck and having ports in its sides and being open at itst0p,said supplemental neck being of an internal diameter adapting it toallow free movement of the ball-valve therein, and a barrel secured tothe main neck and inclosing the supplemental neck and valve which has aninternal chamber for the passage of the fluid, said barrel having anoutlet-neck located above the open top of the supplemental neck at asufficient distance to permit free passage of the fluid but to preventdisplacement of the ballvalve from the supplemental neck.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 8th day of September, 1899.

' THEODORE P. SCHOTT.

Witnesses:

WM. R. RUMMLER, FRED W001).

